so much fear, pain and tears. and also coming up on tonight s programme. the police officer still critically ill after a gun attack in omagh three men have been arrested. harvey weinstein is given another 16 year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault. and. commentator: radford again. oh, what a goal what a goal! farewell tojohn motson the fans companion to more than 2,000 matches on the bbc. and coming up on the bbc news channel. can manchester united come from behind to beat barcelona as they battle to keep their europa league dream alive? good evening from kyiv, a place i d never been to before this time last year. 0n the eve of russia s invasion, i stood in this very spot and i presented this bulletin, as restaurants and pubs all over this city did brisk business. millions of people were just getting on with their lives. i d arrived that afternoon on what turned out to be the last direct flight from london to kyiv, and there hasn t been another one since. i
serving. in the european union has told the staff to delete their social media app tiktok from their phones to protect data and increase cybersecurity. it s 7:00am in the morning in singapore, and 1:00am in kyiv, where it s now exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of the country. estimates suggest tens of thousands of people have lost their lives but still, both sides remain defiant. on the eve of the anniversary, the united nations adopted a resolution condemning russia s actions and calling for peace as soon as possible. this is how the ukrainian foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries and states of the united nations reiterated their equivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us ambassador to the united nations, ambassador linda thomas greenfield, also spoke after
two months later, onjuly the 22nd, the fighting for izyum is intense. the russian hold on the city is precarious, and one soldier calls home to his wife. translation: how are things going? translation: yesterday, they hit us pretty bad. - translation: and what about leave? translation: ifi go home, i m not coming back. - there were a0 men left in our unit, now only 20. translation: and there is no end? dear lord. and caught in the middle are civilians, like lyubov. down here? yes. to escape the fighting, she was hiding in a damp and dark cellar. translation: july 22nd, 2022. apparently, two people were killed.
ending up in izyum. l they are sending us straight to the front line, the hellhole, just as cannon fodder. and to go there is bleep mad. 0n the same day, lyubov writes a new entry in her diary. she s been chronicling herfeelings about the war from the beginning. translation: may second, 2022. it is impossible to work without tears. god, this is hell. the entire city is scarred, smoked walls, homes without roofs, without windows, piles of bricks, glass and debris. i don t know how people survive. that s so powerful. reading that back now, almost a year on, how do you feel? translation: now, when i read it, it s always painful. it s really tough.
translation: everything, everywhere is on fire. - izyum is on fire. writing down her thoughts was the only way lyubov could cope with the trauma of her city s occupation. and your final diary entry is for the day before the russians leave. translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. l so little joy and laughter. so much fear, pain and tears. and what do you think or hope you will be writing in your diary this time next year? translation: i hope i will write that we won this war long - ago, and we have peace. a hope shared by millions.